College Football Player Taunts Gamblers, Apologizes for How Things Ended

College students, and especially football college-athletes, have been on the receiving end of unprecedented online harassment Image Source: Shutterstock.com

Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendozawants you to know he is sorryabout your sports betting outcomes not coming the way you expected them to. The quarterback was evidently ngaking a swipe at online gamblers who have been piling on the Internet hate on student-athletes, accusing them of not performing in a certain way.

Win or lose, gamblers have found a way to pick a bone with student-athletes, but not Mendoza, whose team routed the Big Ten’s Iowa in a 20-15 game last Saturday. As a result, Indiana remains the reigning and undefeated champion so far, and Mendoza is making waves.

Did I Cost You Your Spreads? I Am So Sorry

Mendoza himself was apparently aware of the betting volumes going on the game, and when he ran back for safety, he purposefully sought to help the score end 20-15, not because of some vested interest, but out of acknowledgment that there was a lot of spread betting action going on a seven-point difference.

He was unabashed about the whole situation, however: “I know I really cooked people’s spreads. My apologies to them.” Of course, with a lot of betting action going on, Mendoza could not have known whom he would hurt by deciding to play one way or another – some people benefited.

Nevertheless, Mendoza’s remarks were motivated by defiance – he is apparently also fed up with gamblers slinging slurs at college athletes. For all it matters, though – he is “sorry.”